Reply to: Aaargh! The august bank holiday is next monday, the 25th

[DaveB]

No, it's a holiday for impressive and respected banks.

So why have we still got it?

[I just need to test it]

My current Clientco doesn't observe Bank Holidays but the airline I'm using have withdrawn the morning flight so I will have an extra day with my woman.

Though in other news I have completely buggered my back strimming my overgrown lawn so I'm going nowhere. This is the worst pain I've endured since Slipped Disc 2003.

[Batcher]

Most of the clientcos I've had in the last decade don't take Bank Holidays, the permies have the days added to their annual entitlement instead. It's good for the contractors who don't need to lose a day's pay unless they want the day off.

Then a couple of years ago, about 8 weeks in at a new clientco, I found out just the week before that the Monday was a holiday and the place was closed. I always book flights & hotels for about 6 weeks in advance so rather than pay extra to change I flew down on the Monday as planned. As things would have it, everything went quicker than normal and I was at the client's site by 09:30. I got an early entry to my hotel room to dump my gear and headed up to London for the day. Luckily it was sunny and hot so I had a few pints sitting in the sun.

I always ask a client before I start if they close for Bank Holidays now.

[vetran]

will the sperm bank be open on monday ?
i'm bursting

make a deposit through their letterbox

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

There goes another day I can't bill for.... oh well.

[EternalOptimist]

nice story

will the sperm bank be open on monday ?
i'm bursting

[vetran]

It's nothing to do with banking institutions.

The word comes from the start of the Industrial revolution when barges were towed by horses.
On some sunny days the horses and men took the day off , mainly due to hangovers from Sunday.
They lazed on the canal bank - hence 'bank holidays'

nice story

[EternalOptimist]

In these days of internet and mobile banking, is it still appropriate to refer to public holidays as 'Bank Holidays'? After all you can get quite a lot of banking done online on Monday. Maybe they should now be called 'High street bank holidays?

It's nothing to do with banking institutions.

The word comes from the start of the Industrial revolution when barges were towed by horses.
On some sunny days the horses and men took the day off , mainly due to hangovers from Sunday.
They lazed on the canal bank - hence 'bank holidays'

[sirja]

In these days of internet and mobile banking, is it still appropriate to refer to public holidays as 'Bank Holidays'? After all you can get quite a lot of banking done online on Monday. Maybe they should now be called 'High street bank holidays?

[EternalOptimist]

Elements are not capitalised, no. If it's a trademarked chemical like Teflon, it will be.

coat madam ?

[Zippy]

Although it's not the capitalisation that makes the difference - I don't believe chemical names are normally capitalised are they?

Elements are not capitalised, no. If it's a trademarked chemical like Teflon, it will be.

[norrahe]

Sunday - Sun
Monday - Moon
Tuesday - ?
Wednesday - Woden
Thursday - Thor
Friday - ?
Saturday - ?

Tuesday was Tyr - Norse god of Justice
Friday actually comes from Freyja - Norse God of love, beauty, fertility, war, wealth, divination and magic.
Saturday is Saturns day

[Gibbon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_(liturgy)

Close, but we can be more precise to within 68.2 mins.

On the 18th Aug at Nola the day was from 06:16 -> 19:54, therefore 1 Roman hour = 68.2 mins putting Augustus' death between 15:21 and 16:26 our time.

Any arguments please see:

Blog | Commemorating Augustus

[OwlHoot]

Many of probably know that August was named after the emperor Augustus. Two days ago was the 2000th anniversary of his death ( I was at a commerative conference in Leeds). Suetonius tells us that he died at the ninth hour in Nola. Kudos to anyone who can work out what time he died.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_(liturgy)

[VectraMan]

For all of us being paid in full for not working Monday (and tomorrow as it happens).